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2015 Mar – Safety4Sea – COMPIT 2015 showcases smarter ships

2015 Mar – Safety4Sea – COMPIT 2015 showcases smarter ships

E-navigation, supercomputing and big data are now the main trends

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E-navigation as precursor to unmanned ships

E-navigation (or sea traffic management) could be considered as the maritime equivalent of air traffic control systems. Many tasks such as nautical planning and monitoring are in the process of being able to be shifted to land-based control centres. E-navigation is also a key step towards unmanned shipping. In parallel, unmanned surface vessels are being used as platforms to develop and test algorithms for autonomous navigation.